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ToxCard: Chronic Organophosphate Toxicity

EMDocs

Make sure to dispose of clothing appropriately and wear PPE to prevent personal exposure. Limit exposure with PPE if returning to the exposing environment. He was educated on wearing appropriate PPE or avoid his work environment altogether to reduce further low dose, high frequency organophosphate exposure. BMC Res Notes.

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Episode 38 - COVID-19 Update: An Interview with Andrea Duca, MD

EB Medicine

14:46 Do you put on new PPE as you go room to room? 15:21 What PPE do you currently use? 15:38 When did you create dirty and clean zones in the emergency department? 17:03 What is your annual emergency department volume? 18:04 How many treatment rooms are in your emergency department?

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SGEM#327: MAGNUM PA – Nebulized Magnesium for Pediatric Asthma

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Anthony Crocco is the Deputy Chief – McMaster Department of Pediatrics, Acting Head of Pediatric Cardiology, and creator of Sketchy EBM. JAMA Nov 2020 Case: A four-year-old girl with a known history of asthma presents to your emergency department (ED) after a one-day history of runny nose and cough. Reference: Schuh et al.

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ToxCard: Acute Organophosphate Toxicity

EMDocs

Decontamination and Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) This prevents ongoing exposure to the patient and ED staff. Dispose of clothing appropriately and wear PPE to prevent personal exposure. Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report. BMC Res Notes. 2013; 6:524.

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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

ACEP Now

While ACEP was doing what EPs do best, identifying and caring for the most emergent member needs, ACEP wasn’t doing what the one quarter of U.S. While some issues are handled locally, many issues cannot be solved in our emergency department or hospital. However, unlike 80 percent of U.S.

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Benefit of the Bump: Patient Care as a Pregnant Resident

FEMinEM

It gives us a moment to talk about something other than the horrible reason they are in the emergency department that day and allows for an incredibly humanizing moment with my patients. An urban emergency department is not a warm, friendly place. The baby-bump effect is further-reaching than I ever could have imagined.

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SGEM#286: Behind the Mask – Does it need to be an N95 mask?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Patey’s Disclaimer: I am not an expert on PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), Influenza/HINI/Coronavirus, Journal Reviews or Emergency Department management of pandemics. Paul Norman’s Disclaimer: We (Dr.